Patents Assigned to THE NORIX GROUP
  • Publication number: 20210127832
    Abstract: The ligature resistant hinge cover comprising a bridge between a cabinet and a hinge mounted door. The ligature resistant hinge cover comprising a cabinet face portion on the cabinet and a door portion disposed adjacent a door hinge side whereby the door portion is adapted to close a gap between the door hinge side and the ligature resistant hinge cover. The ligature resistant hinge cover further comprising a sloping top portion bridging the gap between the top of the door and the top of the cabinet with a sloping rounded top edge. A concave hinge portion adjacent the hinge. A convex outside adapted to provide a smooth transition from the cabinet to the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Abdullah Shahzad
  • Patent number: 10980660
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a kit of a restraint ring, a base and a quick release, tamper resistant fastener. The base is adapted to attach to a fixture. The fixture may be a bed, chair, floor or wall. The base may be attached using tamper resistant fasteners. The base may be permanently attached or may be removably attached. The base is adapted to releasably receive the quick release fastener thereby attaching the restraint ring to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: The Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Abdullah Shahzad
  • Publication number: 20200206014
    Abstract: The removable restraint ring receptacle comprises a base for attachment to a furniture piece. The base adapted to receive a ligature resistant fastener. A restraint ring engaged by the fastener. The ligature resistant fastener may be a ball pin lock having a conical or rounded head. The head bearing against the restraint ring. The ligature resistant fastener further comprising a collar adapted to extend from the head to the base. The collar comprising a tapered outside surface adapted to span the gap between the head and the base when the ring is removed thereby providing a tapered protrusion to prevent the attachment of a ligature or snagging of clothes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Abdullah Shahzad
  • Publication number: 20200037774
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a ligature proof wall mounted bed having a bed body molded of plastic or the like attached to a bed frame on a wall. The bed frame may comprise end supports having sloping surfaces attached to the wall by end plates. The sloping surfaces may extend up above the frame or down below the frame. The end supports may have molded outer shells adapted to receive the bed body in a ligature proof engagement. The frame may comprise support members extending normal to the wall to provide a support for the body. A mattress may be removably disposed on the bed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventors: Brian Moon, Abdullah Shahzad
  • Publication number: 20190374371
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a kit of a restraint ting, a base and a quick release, tamper resistant fastener. The base is adapted to attach to a fixture. The fixture may be a bed, chair, floor or wall. The base may be attached using tamper resistant fasteners. The base may be permanently attached or may be removably attached. The base is adapted to releasably receive the quick release fastener thereby attaching the restraint ring to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jed C. Richardson
  • Patent number: 10463166
    Abstract: A molded mattress having a one piece seamless cover with a ventilation plug mounted in a tamper resistant recess formed surrounding a ventilation hole. The one piece seamless cover may have a plurality of airways formed in the cover to allow air circulation between the user and the mattress cover. The one piece seamless cover is integrally rotomolded to form a rugged comfortable mattress for intensive use environments. An RFID communication chip may be inserted in the cover for information management. The cover may be formed from solid color, translucent or transparent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jed Richardson
  • Publication number: 20190135483
    Abstract: A shank proof container made of a flexible industrial plastic sheet sheet. The industrial plastic sheet sheet may be cut to form shapes that are welded by RF welding or other forming means to create a closed container having a bottom, side wall and an open top. The RF welding creates welded multi-layer seams that support the bottom spaced from the open top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Brian Moon
  • Publication number: 20180325262
    Abstract: The invention is a rocker for therapeutic treatment of a user by control of actuators in the rocker and sensing biometric and mechanical conditions of and around the user. The rocker may be formed of a unitary body of translucent or transparent material. The body of the chair features a single tail floor engagement portion and a user area of seat and back. The rocker may have actuators mounted in or near the rocker to generate heat, sound, vibration or light, Sensors in and around the chair monitor movement of the rocker and biometric conditions of the user. A control panel in communication with the actuator and sensors controls and monitors conditions and communicates with a monitoring computer for storage and reporting. Predetermined patters of actuator activation may be programmed into the computer for transmission and execution by the control panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jed C. Richardson
  • Publication number: 20180311092
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an intensive use furniture component having a sealing connection on a mounting surface for sealingly attaching to a floor or wall to prevent liquid from seeping under or behind the furniture component. The furniture component is formed by an outer shell having a side wall extending generally perpendicular to the mounting surface. A mounting flange is disposed adjacent the sidewall. A bolt hole is formed in the mounting flange. The sealing connection comprises a caulk channel formed as a channel in the mounting surface for receiving a bead of caulk to fill the seam between the mounting surface and the wall or floor to prevent fluid from seeping past the caulk channel to a space adjacent the interior mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Publication number: 20180141697
    Abstract: A storage box for property storage having an open box side surrounded by an upper edge and closed by a lid engaged to the box edges to prevent the box from disengaging from the lid. The lid surroundingly engaging the upper edge of the box along a horizontal box flange around the perimeter of the open box side. A vertical box flange on three sides of the horizontal box flange surrounding the upper edge. A lid on the storage box. The lid having a box edge rail engagement for surroundingly and removably engaging the vertical box flange of the storage box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: THE NORIX GROUP
    Inventor: Brian Moon
  • Publication number: 20170290439
    Abstract: A molded mattress having a one piece seamless cover with a ventilation plug mounted in a tamper resistant recess formed surrounding a ventilation hole. The one piece seamless cover may have a plurality of airways formed in the cover to allow air circulation between the user and the mattress cover. The one piece seamless cover is integrally rotomolded to form a rugged comfortable mattress for intensive use environments. An RFID communication chip may be inserted in the cover for information management. The cover may be formed from solid color, translucent or transparent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jed Richardson
  • Publication number: 20160037928
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a modular furniture design having contoured ballast chamber for directing the weighting from a peripheral weighting orientation to a peripheral weighting configuration. The furniture may further comprise a base and a top, the base having a one piece molded generally hollow body comprising a contoured ballast compartment having a closable opening and a plurality of sidewalls forming legs supporting a top. A top attachment may be a chair, table top or similar furniture piece. The chair may be adapted for sitting at a table, lounging or reading with or without arms. An attachable cushion is fastened to the chair to provide a color coordinated seat attached by tamper resistant fastener assembly comprising tabs mounted under the seat of the cushion extending into and engaging seat holes in the seating surface of the chair and held in place by a threaded fastener extending through the back rest of the chair engaging a threaded insert in the cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: John Cali, SR.
  • Publication number: 20150211284
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a modular visitation station having an expandable construction to adapt to provide individual visitation modules interwired together in a combination of back-to-back or side-by-side configurations. The visitation station may utilize single utility access for power or communications to connect each attached visitation module. Wiring access is provided between modules, and to the floor, wall or ceiling access points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: THE NORIX GROUP
    Inventor: Brian Moon
  • Publication number: 20150201755
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a partially ballasted shelving unit having a hollow body and plurality of shelves. A plurality of interconnected ballast chambers formed in the open body provide a ballast holding configuration that when partially filled with a ballast material provides a path for the ballast material to flow from one ballast chamber to another when the shelving unit is reoriented from a vertical orientation to a tipped orientation. The flowing ballast material causing the center of gravity to move when the shelving unit is lifted or moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: THE NORIX GROUP
    Inventor: Brian Moon
  • Publication number: 20120286554
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an anti-tilt swivel mechanism attaching a seat to a base. The mechanism adapted to control the tilting movement urged on the swivel mechanism when a user shifts weight on the seat. The anti-tilt swivel mechanism comprises a tilt stop mounted on the swivel mechanism to move with the chair and engage the base plate along a front edge. The anti-tilt seat swivel mechanism adapted to engage the base plate when a tilting force is applied to the chair preventing the force from being transmitted as a bending force on the swivel mechanism at the mounting plates or the pivot rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Brian Moon
  • Publication number: 20120090088
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a reversible seat for use in a shower. The seat having an integral handle for moving the seat from a closed position to an open position and a means for retaining the seat in a closed position in either a standard orientation or reversed orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jerome C. Parker
  • Publication number: 20110198458
    Abstract: A tamper resistant adjustable glide assembly for furniture is disclosed that comprises a foot, a stem and an insert connected to a leg of the furniture. The foot having a having a top and a bottom, the bottom adapted to engage a floor surface. A stem mount on the top of the foot to provide an adjustable attachment to a first end of the stem. The stem having a second end spaced from the top of the foot and a threaded portion intermediate the first end and the second end. An insert captured on the stem. The insert threadably engaged to the stem by a generally cylindrical body with a threaded passage extending through the body adapted to matingly engage the threaded portion of the stem. A cap fixed on the second end of the stem to capture the insert. The insert disposed in a generally vertical passageway formed in the furniture and fixed therein to secure the glide assembly to the leg. The insert recessed into the leg to prevent prying or forcible removal without destruction of the furniture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: THE NORIX GROUP
    Inventors: Scott Karl, Peter Graves, Brian Moon